From c2018c41fdc87d069e00cbe4e87cc07b87d8fc52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Shimwell <drshimwell@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:45:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] More efficient regex usage

Co-authored-by: Paul Romano <paul.k.romano@gmail.com>
---
 openmc/material.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openmc/material.py b/openmc/material.py
index d8fd1859f..7e142f09a 100644
--- a/openmc/material.py
+++ b/openmc/material.py
@@ -420,8 +420,7 @@ class Material(IDManagerMixin):
 
         # If the Material contains the element, delete it
         for nuc in reversed(self.nuclides):
-            element_name = re.split(r'(\d+)', nuc.name)[0]
-            print(element_name, element)
+            element_name = re.split(r'\d+', nuc.name)[0]
             if element_name == element:
                 self.nuclides.remove(nuc)